looking at the remaining schedule, it's not inconceivable the bengals could finish with 10 wins (vs. indy, @ seattle, vs. cleveland, vs. houston, @ st. louis, vs. arizona, and vs. a possibly resting their starters baltimore in the final week)
I guess Ryan Howard's contract extension starts right now, and he possibly just blew out his knee THIS IS WHAT YOU GET JERKS FOR LETTING THE CARDINALS IN
that's just how it shook out this season. there will be seasons in the future where the 2nd wild card slot won't be decided until game 162 (or even 163). even if we had next year's playoff system this year, the rays/sox and braves/cards 1 game playoffs would be intense and awesome.
in response to the lame rays announcers, listen to gary thorne's awesome call of the o's winning. http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2011_09_28_bosmlb_balmlb_1&highlight_content_id=19787617&c_id=bal
their defense was "a lot of people in the newsroom thought the cubs would win game 7, so we thought it would all blow over and people wouldn't care we published his name".
i thought it was good. the fan cam footage was great, it really put you into the atmosphere of the game. also, the best part was when they showed alou in the seats watching his DR team, with aramis ramirez sitting behind him sucking on a lollipop.